Tag: Middle East

National Security

Syria warns US: No unilateral strikes on militants

Ryan Lucas · August 26, 2014 2:20 am

In this Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009 file photo, F-15 warplanes of the Saudi Air Force fly over the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh during a graduation ceremony at King Faisal Air Force University. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

The U.S. can, if Obama chooses wisely, lead a Middle East coalition to destroy ISIS

Washington Examiner · August 25, 2014 11:11 pm

In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, meets with editors of Egyptian newspapers and media in the presidential palace, in Cairo Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. El-Sissi denied Sunday any military involvement in neighboring Libya, a day after Islamist militias accused Cairo of bombing their posts in Tripoli, Egypt's state news agency reported. El-Sissi said Egypt is in consultation with Libya's neighbors to find a political solution to the violent power struggle between rival groups. (AP Photo/MENA)

Troubled Libya now faces dueling governments

Maggie Michael · August 25, 2014 11:02 pm

Why Al Qaeda Released An American Hostage

Thomas Joscelyn · August 25, 2014 6:08 pm

Some of the almost 5,000 protestors attending a demonstration against ISIS, in Oslo, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. Different Muslim groups were behind the initiative which was attended by political and Muslim leaders. ISIS is an acronym for the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/NTB Scanpix, Torstein Boe) NORWAY OUT

Norwegian Muslims rally against Islamic militants

Washington Examiner · August 25, 2014 6:02 pm

This undated photo released Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, claims to show the wreckage of an Israeli drone which Iran claims it shot down near an Iranian nuclear site. Iran's state TV on Monday broadcast footage purported to show an Israeli drone the country's Revolutionary Guard claimed to have shot down over the weekend near an Iranian nuclear site. The brief video, aired on the Arabic-language Al-Alam TV, shows what the channel says are parts of the drone, scattered in an unidentified desert area. (AP Photo/Sepahnews)

National Security

Iran airs TV footage of purported Israeli drone

NASSER KARIMIADAM SCHRECK · August 25, 2014 4:40 pm

National Security

UN rights chief: Crimes against humanity in Iraq

John Heilprin · August 25, 2014 12:34 pm

President Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House in Washington, Monday. Taking a two-day break from summer vacation, Obama met with top advisers at the White House to review developments in Iraq and in racially charged Ferguson, Mo., two trouble spots where Obama has ordered his administration to intervene. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Is the Obama crew smart enough to defeat ISIS?

Mark Tapscott · August 25, 2014 12:21 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 22, 2014, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint news conference with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Tel Aviv, Israel, regarding the Israel-Hamas war. A day after the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, posted the video of American journalist James Foley's killing, Netanyahu debuted his latest catchphrase: "Hamas is ISIS. ISIS is Hamas." He has continued to repeat the slogan at news conferences, on Twitter and even at his weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday, Aug. 24. Hamas itself condemned Netanyahu's comparison, saying its battle is against Israel, not against the entire West. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)

Israel leader tries to link Hamas, Iraq extremists

Daniel Estrin · August 25, 2014 5:22 am

A frame from a video released by Islamic State militants Tuesday that purports to show the killing of journalist James Foley by the militant group. Foley, from Rochester, N.H., went missing in 2012 in northern Syria while on assignment for Agence France-Press and the Boston-based media company GlobalPost. (AP Photo)

National Security

British government close to identifying James Foley’s killer: Ambassador

Betsy Woodruff · August 24, 2014 10:18 pm

Biden: US would help Iraq pursue federal system

Washington Examiner · August 23, 2014 12:03 am

Yemen’s Shiite-rebel group escalate standoff

Ahmed AlHaj · August 22, 2014 5:38 pm